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The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston University School of Public Health have been awarded a $6.7 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to create a Research Coordinating Center on climate change and health.

In a series of videos, four Harvard seniors from diverse backgrounds share their perspectives on finding real-world solutions to various aspects of climate change.

Collaborative Fund and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University are joining forces to launch a research and innovation alliance focused on new, sustainable materials to fight climate change.

Reducing methane emissions can buy the world crucial time to avoid catastrophic global warming. A Harvard team is helping provide policymakers with the tools to help policymakers do just that.

For his senior capstone project, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences student Sebastian Lindner-Liaw SB ’23 designed a bike powered by compressed air as an alternative to electric bikes, which rely on batteries that have high environmental and humanitarian costs.

In her book, Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis, Harvard neuroscientist Ann-Christine Duhaime explores how our brain’s wiring affects our ability to deal with the complexity of climate change.

Poet and Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellow Isabel Galleymore asks us to consider how our perceptions of the natural world influence which species we deem worth protecting.

The push to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius is doomed unless world leaders take significant near-term action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said during a conversation with Harvard President Larry Bacow, which anchored the daylong symposium “Rising to the Climate Challenge” as part of Harvard Climate Action Week.

The first-ever Harvard Climate Action Week served as a celebration and acceleration of climate research, education, and engagement across Harvard University, convening thousands of experts, decision–makers, students, alumni, and scholars across campus and online.

Second annual Harvard Alumni Day features keynote by NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly, parade, performances, awards, and a final farewell

Kalra will assume her new role July 1 after having served as assistant vice president of finance since 2020.

Through the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship, College students connected with communities and expanded the definition of climate storytelling.

Incoming HAA alumni president Tracy Moore II ’06 is dedicated to building relationships, honoring identities, and connecting across differences

Neurosurgeon, author, and green energy entrepreneur Nozipo Maraire AB ’87 is changing the conversation about climate change and Africa. 

Harvard unveiled the Mignone Center for Career Success in recognition of the ongoing support of Allison Hughes Mignone AB ’94, MBA ’99 and Roberto A. Mignone AB ’92, MBA ’96.

The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that Paula A. Johnson ’80, M.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’85; Philip W. Lovejoy; Antonio Madero, M.B.A. ’61; and Rya W. Zobel ’53, L.L.B. ’56 will receive the 2023 Harvard Medal.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will be renamed in honor of Griffin’s four decades of philanthropy, expanding opportunity and advancing excellence across Harvard.

Award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author will participate in event celebrating Harvard’s global alumni community

Harvard government professors Dustin Tingley and Stephen Ansolabehere collaborated with students to design the course “Politics of the Environment and Climate Change.” The course contends with climate change as a fundamentally political problem, challenging students to navigate obstacles and opportunities for effective policymaking at all levels of government. 

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have developed a biodegradable, antimicrobial food packaging system that extends shelf life and eliminates microbial contamination.